1. Name the five most populous cities of the United States in order of population. On what water is St. Petersburg? Dublin? Rome? Calcutta? Cairo?
2. Locate the principal coal fields and iron regions of the United States. What minerals occur in Illinois?
3. Draw map of Illinois, showing by what States and by what waters bounded. Locate the capital and the largest city of Illinois.
4. Name the outlet of Lake Erie; of Lake Champlain; of Great Salt Lake; of the Black Sea; of Lake Victoria Nyanza.
5. Compare the latitude and climate of Spain and Illinois.
6. How does the island of Great Britain compare in area with the United States, or with any one of the United States which you may mention?
7. How do the Alps compare in height with the Rocky Mountains? Name the highest peak in Europe; in North America; in South America; in the world.
8. How does climate vary with altitude above the sea level? Illustrate by an example.
9. What is the cause of day and night? Of changes of seasons? What is latitude? Longitude?
10. When it is 11 A.M. by “Central Time” in Chicago, what is the hour by “Eastern Time” in New York City? What is the hour in London? Is “Central Time” in Chicago the true time? Why?